Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/23
[WayBack] Using Permalinks « WordPress Codex:
http://example.com/?p=N
So for instance https://wiert.me/?p=35558 points to Delphi version info table: C# Builder, Delphi 8 through 10.3 Rio and Appbuilder despite the actual URL not fully matching the title (because I do not like link rot): https://wiert.me/2016/09/06/delphi-version-info-table-need-help-with-these-projectversion-for-c-builder-delphi-2005-and-2006-dllsuffix-for-c-builder-appbuilder-1-13-codename/
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/23
[WayBack] Jeroen Pluimers on Twitter: “Trying to figure out the damage last nights lightning strike at 1060NP caused yesterday evening….”
and [WayBack] Thread by @jpluimers: “Trying to figure out the damage last nights lightning strike at 1060NP caused yesterday evening. @LianderNL was very quick to respond and fi […]”
Thread by @jpluimers: “Trying to figure out the damage last nights lightning strike at 1060NP caused yesterday evening. @LianderNL was very qnd and fix L3 from our 3-phase connection: the main fuse before the meter tripped. Damage so far: 1 @amazonDE […]”
This was the first preventive measure fiber cable for galvanic isolation between the parts that can be powered by UPS and the parts that cannot be:
[WayBack] Jeroen Pluimers on Twitter: “New fiber provides galvanic isolation between the parts that are behind the master UPS and the ones I cannot get behind it. Should help contain damage during a future lightning strike.…”
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/23
Great source for cymbal bags, back-packs and hard-cases: [WayBack Thomann tas voor bekken
More choice and better prices than [Archive.is] Suchergebnis auf Amazon.de für: becken rucksack: Musikinstrumente & DJ-Equipment.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/22
Read these tips before playing with any kind of LED strips: [WayBack] Powering NeoPixels | Adafruit NeoPixel Überguide | Adafruit Learning System.
There are more, but these are the most important:
Via: [WayBack] Bouw je eigen ledtafel – Tot slot – Achtergrond – Tweakers
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/22
Always interesting to see what others put on their Windows development systems, for instance: [WayBack] My toolkit – Roald’s blog
Everytime I (re)install my development computer I need to think about all the tools I need and use on a regular basis. For that reason, and maybe to inspire others, here’s my list of essentia…
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/22
An old trick that I tend to forget: [WayBack] delphi – How to convert a null terminated string to string? – Stack Overflow:
You can assign a null-terminated
PChardirectly to aString:function GetFileName(DiskName: TFileNameIO): string; begin Result := PChar(@DiskName); end;
It can work even on string literals and constants, where you can leave out the @, like in:
var S: string; begin S := PChar(FastMM4Messages.LogFileExtension;
Probably time to update the unit I mention in ISO 8601 Date, Time and DateTime in Delphi (was: Simple example to show DateTime.Now in ISO 8601 format on ideone.com | Online C# Compiler & Debugging Tool).
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/21
Cool:
The triggering in this case is the result of a main power drop and recover. The battery is unable to keep the votage at 9V level at the very moment any led is turned on, the voltage is droped down. That is what makes pin 14 to get the clock pulse so the 4017 shifts to the next led. The moment the led is off and right before the next led is turned on the main power gets recovered. When the next led is on again, the main power drops down, and so on.
Schema but less explanation on: [WayBack] LED Chaser with only 4017 – RevealNew
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/21
[WayBack] Top 45 Best Automation Testing Tools Ultimate List • Test Automation Made Easy: Tools, Tips & Training Awesomeness A few notes, partially related to Enable your device for development – UWP app developer | Microsoft Docs.
One research project I had a while ago, was to see how it was possible to use a generic testing tool like Katalon Studio (that can test many platforms), for testing Windows applications.
Katalon uses a Selenium interface that normally is used for web applications through the [WayBack] WebDriver protocol (formerly [WayBack] JsonWireProtocol) that continues to be updated: [WayBack] draft upcoming WebDriver protocol, which is more generic than just web applications:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/21
One of the dreaded things when logging on using RDP is that if another user is logged on, you have to first indicate you want to indeed logon (if you don’t, the RDP connection will close after some 15-30 seconds), then wait for their approval time-out before you can logon.
As of writing there is no way around this.
Some links that helped me conclude this:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/10/21
On Windows, filenames do not like some characters (including : and +), so this is a quick way to get a timestamp into ISO8601 format that is compatible with filenames.
TimeStamp := Now();
StartIso8601String := DateToISO8601(TimeStamp, False).Replace('-', '').Replace(':', '') // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Time_zone_designators
It Depends on the [WayBack] System.DateUtils unit which had the [WayBack] DateToISO8601 function [Archive.is] added in Delphi XE6.
A poor man’s solution (that skips timezones altogether) is this one:
FormatDateTime('yyyymmdd''T''hhnnss''.''zzz', TimeStamp); // note quoted T and ., as otherwise they will be expanded.
–jeroen
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